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You know when you are "working from home" (but actually sleeping) and the only thing standing between you and several extra REM cycles is the burden of replying to Jason from IT's emails about software updates and Don from accounting's fantasy football trade requests? Your absence on these email chains is the only silver bullet that can kill your alibi -- if only there were a way to fill in rapid-fire responses to send to your annoying coworkers, right?

Now, as an attentive and honest employee, I have no insidious uses for Google's new Smart Reply, but if I did [Editor's Note: He definitely does], I'd be pleased to know the big G is rolling out the feature that will load multiple, automatic "smart" responses to every email you receive, as soon as this week.

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In a feature akin to Apple's auto-fill texts on 'roids, Smart Reply will learn how you respond to certain types of emails, from certain people, and adapt accordingly -- giving you several auto-options ready for quick release. Like the police guy from Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Smart Reply is constantly changing and acclimating to the world around it, learning how to best take on anything it comes across. Just with fewer swords for hands.

Slumber-centric jokes aside, this feature promises to be immensely useful when corresponding on the go with your smart phone -- when all you've got is two thumbs and nothing to say, anyway.

Here's the word, straight from Google: "Smart Reply suggests up to three responses based on the emails you get. For those emails that only need a quick response, it can take care of the thinking and save precious time spent typing. And for those emails that require a bit more thought, it gives you a jump start so you can respond right away." You'll need to download Google Inbox and check back later this week to take advantage of the new Smart Reply addition.

Just one small step towards our inevitable, fully automated future. If it means more sleep for me, I'm very into it.

Wil Fulton is a Staff Writer for Thrillist. He thinks fortune favors the bold. And also the rich. Follow him @wilfulton

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